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(Short Story)
Author: Fyodor Dostoevsky
Date: 1864
Place: Russia |
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| "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" |
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(Science Fiction)
Author: Jules Verne
Date:1870
Place: France |
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(Poems)
Author: Rosalia De Castro
Date: 1884
Place: Spain |
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| "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" |
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(Short Stories)
Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Date: 1892
Place: England |
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| " The Man with the Twisted Lip" |
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| (Short Stories) Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Date: 1892 Place: England |
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| (Play-tragedy) Author: Henrik Ibsen Date:1890 Place: Norway |
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| (short stories) Author: Lu Xun Date: 1918 Place: China |
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| (short stories) Author: Lu Xun Date: 1918 Place: China |
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| cultural absolutism. One culture determines that it is superior or correct & that another, judged by the first culture’s standards, is inferior or immoral. “They’re barbaric; we are civilized. |
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| the concrete objects which determine how one literally lives. Includes food, clothing, housing, anything material. |
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| the values of a culture are not absolute or universal but differ between cultures; the concept that one culture does not have the right to judge another. |
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| assumption of the validity & necessity of institutions & values because one is situated within a society & not consciously aware of them as artificial constructs. Example: For Americans, freedom of speech is culturally transparent. |
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| One historical period cannot fully understand another because time is an absolute barrier. Historical imperialism: “They were ignorant (the past); we are advanced (the present).” |
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an absolute value, institution, experience common to all of humanity in the cultural context.
Example: birth, mating, death, pain, hunger, thirst are all universal needs/experiences of humankind.
There is an argument made by some moderns that there are no universals; however, the ones just named
are certainly universal. The customs surrounding those universals may differ superficially, but it is
certain that humanity shares the experiences. See Shylock’s speech from Shakespeare’s The Merchant
of Venice, 3.1.55-69 for a good example |
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| Darwin's Origin of Species |
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| Helping someone without regards to yourself. |
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| A protagonist who is the antithesis of a hero, but with whom the reader identifies with. |
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(Main character of the text with whom the reader empathizes)
Provides the conflict on which the plot of narrative turns. |
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| having merely the appearance of truth. |
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| The science dealing with the description, identification, naming, and classification of organisms. |
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| A revolt of the sepoy troops in British India (1857–59), resulting in the transfer of the administration of India from the East India Company to the crown. |
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| Any huge marine animal, as the whale. |
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| A tower intended to reach heaven was begun. |
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(not in that time frame, bu uses Nature; imagination, questioning)
movement in literature and art, or adherence to its principles |
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| Women Write it.. seen as lesser version of poetry. |
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| Evolutionary throw back. Acting like an animal.the reappearance in an individual of characteristics of some remote ancestor that have been absent in intervening generations. |
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| the control or governing influence of a nation over a dependent country, territory, or people. |
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| To think things through. Process of logic. |
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| the science that deals with the origins, physical and cultural development, biological characteristics, and social customs and beliefs of humankind. |
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| an unreasonable fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers or of that which is foreign or strange. |
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| the political, military, and social system in the Middle Ages, based on the holding of lands in fief or fee and on the resulting relations between lord and vassal. |
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| An image that shows male genitalia. |
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| When women marry, they lose their identity and take their husbands identity. |
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| a manner or style of dramatic structure or content characteristic of Ibsen. |
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| a dramatic form that does not observe the laws of cause and effect and that exaggerates emotion and emphasizes plot or action at the expense of characterization. |
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| a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc. |
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| Genocide Monster, communist |
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| A philosopher, ideals about elders and filial piety |
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| Obeying elders, the idea that children owe parents something. |
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| Technological leap forward. |
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| Hierarchical Familial Order |
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| "Oldest Male" " Oldest Female" |
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| Madman is overly conscious |
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| A book of quotes by Mao Zedong. |
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| Genocide Monster, communist |
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| A philosopher, ideals about elders and filial piety |
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| Obeying elders, the idea that children owe parents something. |
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| Technological leap forward. |
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| Hierarchical Familial Order |
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| "Oldest Male" " Oldest Female" |
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| Madman is overly conscious |
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| A book of quotes by Mao Zedong. |
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*you must cite
*use appropriate quotation marks
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